Its name literally means "Logistics Center", and comes from its location near various warehousing and forwarding facilities, including Tokyo's primary rail freight terminal, Tokyo Freight Terminal.

Ryūtsū Center Station is served by the 17.8 km Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line from Monorail Hamamatsuchō in central Tokyo to Haneda Airport Terminal 2, and lies 8.7 km from the northern terminus of the line at Monorail Hamamatsuchō.

[1] It gained its current name in January 1972[1] (originally transliterated as Ryūtsū Sentā, but changed in 1992).

[citation needed] Rapid services began calling here on 18 March 2007.

[citation needed] In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 15,948 passengers daily.